James Daley, a judge in Rock County who is challenging Ann Walsh Bradley for her seat on the state Supreme Court, asserted on Wednesday that he would never legislate from the bench if elected, and accused Justice Bradley of judicial activism.

Walker's press team now says that the governor does not intend to take the Wisconsin Idea out of University of Wisconsin's mission, and that language discovered in the budget on Wednesday was a “drafting error.”

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said on Wednesday that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal is a good place to start, but that he’s concerned about the magnitude of the funding cut to the University of Wisconsin System.